Place bait stations in areas where you’ve seen ants, like under the sink and along walls, to make it as likely as possible that the ants will take the toxic bait back to the nest. Expect to see ...

Human patients would be less homogenous, which could influence their body odors and make it harder for ants to sniff out cancer. “The diet, sex and age of a patient can impact the odor of the ...

What's more, their study finds that the ants' meandering may make their search more efficient than a pure random search would. That's because ants tend to cross their own paths less frequently ...

The red fire ant, native to South America and notorious both for its venom, aggression, and ability to exact agricultural damage had arrived, raising alarms. Fighting its invasion was, scientists ...

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and early diagnosis is key for successful treatment A recent animal study has shown that ants can smell cancer from the urine of cancerous ...

Ants can be trained to detect cancer in urine, a new study finds. Although ant sniffing is a long way from being used as a diagnostic tool in humans, the results are encouraging, the researchers ...

What's more, their study finds that the ants' meandering may make their search more efficient than a pure random search would. That's because ants tend to cross their own paths less frequently ...

Most people assume that when ants need to find food that is in an unknown location, their best option would be to search in a ...

In a recent study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, researchers demonstrated the use of ants as olfactory bio-detectors of human tumors. Study: Ants act as olfactory bio-detectors of ...

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